D C Obalum

University of Lagos

Publishing since 2007, latest 2018

Surgery
Emergency Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Rheumatology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 122007–2018
Citations: 200to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 0.511.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 42%5 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

12 in all

Review of Antibiotics Usage in the Management Open Fracture in a Nigerian Hospital
2018INRIA a CCSD electronic archive serverJournal2 citations
A review of obesity and orthopaedic surgery: The critical issues
2012Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.4103/1117-1936.169667

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Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery867%
Emergency Medicine433%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health325%
Rheumatology325%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine217%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine18%
Complementary and alternative medicine18%
Epidemiology18%
Health18%
Hematology18%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments3
Abdominal Trauma and Injuries2
Hip and Femur Fractures2
Management of metastatic bone disease2
Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment2
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies2
Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms1
Bone fractures and treatments1
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies1
Emergency and Acute Care Studies1
Gun Ownership and Violence Research1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG10 papers
University of Port Harcourt Teaching HospitalNG1 paper
University of Port HarcourtNG1 paper
University College Hospital, IbadanNG1 paper
Bowen UniversityNG1 paper
Federal Medical CentreNG1 paper

Where they publish

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal3
International Orthopaedics2
Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine2
PubMed2
INRIA a CCSD electronic archive server1
Spinal Cord1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being8
17Partnerships for the goals2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Profile of spinal injuries in Lagos, Nigeria
Spinal Cord3
200889 citations
Primary bone tumours in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria: 25 year review.
PubMed17
200932 citations
Challenges in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal tumours in Nigeria
International Orthopaedics3

Pattern of osteochondromas in Lagos, Nigeria

2009Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital MedicineJournalFirst author10 citations10.4314/nqjhm.v18i2.44984

Deep Vein Thrombosis: Risk Factors and Prevention in Surgical Patients

2009West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.4314/wajm.v28i2.48431

Profile of spinal injuries in Lagos, Nigeria

2008Spinal CordJournalFirst authorCorresponding89 citations10.1038/sc.2008.93

Pattern Of Extremity Gunshot Injuries Seen In Lagos University Teaching Hospital,

2008Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital MedicineJournalFirst author7 citations10.4314/nqjhm.v17i4.12694

West African Journal of Medicine

How it can be read

42% free to read

Diamond 1 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 17%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 17%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 7 · 58%Behind a paywall

Open access · Bronze

Pattern of osteochondromas in Lagos, Nigeria

Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine3

200910 citations